A suitably harrowing, close-quarters account of the mass rape committed by Serbian rebel fighters during the Balkan wars of the early '90s.
Overview
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.
Director and cast
- Juanita Wilson Director
- Nataša Petrović as Samira
- Feđa Štukan as The Captain
- Stellan Skarsgård as Docteur
- Jelena Jovanova Perikj as Jasmina
- Sanja Burić as The Nurse
- Irina Apelgren as Alisa
- Zvezda Angelovska as Halida
- Nikolina Kujača as Mirsada
- Angela Stojanovska as Samira's Sister
- Zoran Trajkovski Cast
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